#AA72BD#AA72BD

#AA72BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.125 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA72BD
RGB	rgb(170, 114, 189)
HSL	hsl(285, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 39.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 35.21, -30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 46.74, 318.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.0915 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.125 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7789, 24.2557, 51.1420)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA72BD #85BD72

analogous

#8572BD #AA72BD #BD72AB

triadic

#AA72BD #BDAA72 #72BDAA

tetradic

#AA72BD #BD8572 #85BD72 #72ABBD

square

#AA72BD #BD8572 #85BD72 #72ABBD

split-complementary

#AA72BD #ABBD72 #72BD85

monochromatic

#6A3A7B #8F4DA5 #AA72BD #C39CD1 #DCC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#AA72BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#AA72BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA72BD

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA72BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA72BD	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6683C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa72bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 114, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.125 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49bd1',
    500: '#aa72bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa72bd;
$custom-light: #c49bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa72bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63787,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA72BD

secondary

#BED4B7

accent

#CC5C78

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA72BD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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